“Sadie was still a kite. "You can turn back now," I told her. She tilted her head and regarded me quizically. She… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“The silly sentimentalists of the French Revolution talked of the Rights of Man! We hate Rights as we hate Wrongs. We have… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I?m lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into… — Cathy Guisewite Copy Share Image
I have a romantic comedy I'd love to make, but I can't get the money for it. It's hard to get people… — Ti West Copy Share Image
If you go back to before me doing comedy, my background was dancing and then it was musical theatre, but Im a… — Danny John-Jules Copy Share Image
I never feel comfortable! I'm always anxious. I'm always all over the board. That said, I like doing comedy because it's easy… — Lucy Punch Copy Share Image
“The only thing I really missed was sitting next to one very extraordinary girl.” I didn’t think I was breathing anymore. “She… — Kristen Day Copy Share Image
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
“I've had a lot of therapists, so I've had the opportunity to approach my fear in many different ways. I've faced it… — Anna White Copy Share Image
I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club.… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
“I had a very funny and depressing talk with my seventy-four-year-old mother. I decided, she doesn't have a bucket list - she… — Lori Lesko Copy Share Image
In a comedy, after the day is done, you can figure out ways of how to make it even funnier for the… — Gael Garcia Bernal Copy Share Image
“A few weeks ago he said to me, completely ou of nowhere, 'You good friend to me, Liss. Loyal friend.' Then he… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
You know, sometimes I worry, you know, is comedy and my type of comedy going to get stale? Is it going to… — Jeff Ross Copy Share Image
“So, what do you go for in a girl?” He crows, lifting a lager to his lips Gestures where his mate sits… — Mark Grist Copy Share Image
The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
Freud's theory was that when a joke opens a window and all those bats and bogeymen fly out, you get a marvellous… — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
“There is, perhaps, no more dangerous man in the world than the man with the sensibilities of an artist but without creative… — Dame Edna Everage Copy Share Image
“Miss Bridgerton,” he said, “the devil himself couldn’t scare you.” She forced her eyes to meet his. “That’s not a compliment, is… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
“You have this maddening little smile sometimes, like you've just thought of something incredibly witty but are afraid to say it in… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
There is something about being a director where, for me personally, I get to . . . it's the closest I'll ever… — Barry Sonnenfeld Copy Share Image
“They'd need to do some shopping. As he adjusted the shoulders of the last dress, their eyes met in the mirror. He… — Anneke Jacob Copy Share Image
“A realist writer might break his protagonist's leg, or kill his fiancee; but a science fiction writer will immolate whole planets, and… — Adam Roberts Copy Share Image
I admire narcissism in Momus and others who "own" it and use it as a way to explore ideas/themselves and also as… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
I always like the physical comedy because I actually do a lot of it in my own life, but not on purpose.… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
“Who cares if you have a girlfriend, anyway?" "I care" Simon said gloomily. "Pretty soon the only people left without a girlfriend… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“That´s the problem with planning a late night supper after the opera, not only does the hero or the heroine die singing,… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
Dane Cook is one of the most exciting comedy stars to emerge on the scene in many years, and his ability to… — Chris Albrecht Copy Share Image
“You know, the husband, John Bobbit, he formed a band after that whole thing. The Severed Parts," I tell him. "I'm pretty… — Hannah Harrington Copy Share Image
“Our department takes 1,120 calls every day. Do you know how many of the calls the public expects perfection on? 1,120. Nobody… — John Eversole Copy Share Image
I find I've always been judgmental about comedy (laughs) and it's hard to turn that off, really. But what constant exposure to… — Scott Aukerman Copy Share Image
There is an overarching comedy community, and then there are little comedy community pockets, almost like the way L.A. is structured. You… — Janet Varney Copy Share Image
“I loved to say quasi. I was saying it now a lot, instead of sort of, or kind of, and it had… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“Many if not most slaves would have each readily jumped, and many if not most slaves would each readily jump, at the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“You're not pathetic," she growled. "You're not worthless. But you are hurt. Maybe even a little confused and probably a lot of… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
What gets me is, I waited in line for an hour to do this. I could have experienced essentially the same level… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“You have to enjoy power, have a certain ruthlessness, to accept the beauty and not mourn the fact that it overshadows everything… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“He turned to Harley, the oddly muscular eight-year-old son of Hephaestus. "Want to come with? I might need help with the projector."… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When I've had to edit my albums, I'll listen to it one time through, and I'll make edits. I want to remember… — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image
“He plunged into the foliage, and was swept into a humid, wet world of towering trees, animal chirps and thick ferns. After… — T.P. Grish Copy Share Image
